Stewardship Session: Hard Clam Overwintering, Sag Harbor

Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program's Back to the Bays Initiative will be hosting a Clam Overwintering Stewardship Session on 11/7/26 at our new Redwood Facility, as part of our work to help enhance and restore the waters of our Sag Harbor Stewardship Site.

Participants will help CCE staff to count and measure juvenile clams, and then prepare them for holding in special cages over the winter months at Redwood, Pine Neck, and Tiana Bayside Facilities.

These juvenile clams, spawned in CCE Marine's Southold hatchery, have been growing out in our floating clam cages off the docks at Redwood Facility, filter feeding on wild algae and helping to improve local water quality. They will eventually be used population enhancement projects throughout our Back to the Bays Stewardship Site Network.

To learn more and support our restoration work in this region visit: backtothebays.org/sagharbor

Support our new Redwood Facility as we develop an Education and Outreach Center in Sag Harbor, including many more habitat and shellfish restoration activities. backtothebays.org/redwood-sag-harbor

To contribute to our Hard Clam Restoration Fund, visit: backtothebays.org/hard-clams

We strongly encourage all participants to become registered 2026 Back to the Bays Stewards, to help support these public events. Enroll HERE!

This is event and our restoration work in Sag Harbor waters are made possible with support from the Town of Southampton Community Preservation Fund, the Village of Sag Harbor, and our community partners and fundraising campaign.